The Wars Quizzes

The Wars Quiz 1

1 In the novel's prologue, we meet Robert Ross, seated in a scene of destruction. There are two animals nearby. What are they?
A dog and a cat

A horse and a dog

A horse and a cow

A cat and a fox
2 What does Robert Ross discover in a cattle car during the novel's prologue?
Grain

Horses

Prisoners

Munitions
3 What color does Finley describe the moon as being in the novel's prologue?
Red

Orange

Yellow

Blue
4 What did Heather Lawson ask Robert Ross to do that he found absurd?
Fight another man who loved her

Enlist in the army to impress her father

Marry her on a dare and start a family

Run away with her to another country
5 In which division of the military is Robert Ross trying to enlist while at the train station?
Cavalry division

Field artillery

Mountain division

Infantry
6 What color is the dog that Robert Ross sees at the train station?
Gray

White

Black

Brown
7 Rowena, Robert's sister, was born with what ailment?
Hydrocephalus

Hydrophobia

Cardiomegaly

Cardiomyopathy
8 Where is Robert Ross when Rowena falls from her wheelchair?
In his bedroom

With a girlfriend

Swimming in a lake

Running in the fields
9 What kind of animal did Rowena house in cages in the stable?
Toads

Rabbits

Squirrels

Mice
10 What does Mrs Ross insist that Robert do after Rowena's death?
Kill her pet animals

Enlist in the military

Leave the house forever

Destroy her belongings
11 Everyone in the Ross family is aware of Mrs. Ros s's problem with this substance, but no one says anything. What substance is it?
Alcohol

Opium

Cocaine

Sedatives
12 What did Robert Ross do when he saw Teddy Budge going to the stable?
Assaulted him from behind

Ran to the phone to alert the police

Began weeping uncontrollably

Started arguing with his father
13 What did Mrs. Ross tell Robert while he was soaking in the bathtub?
She was going to divorce his father and remarry

She wanted him to leave home immediately

She wasn't responsible for keeping him safe

She wished he had died instead of his sister
14 What does Robert Ross say he hopes to learn from a mentor figure?
The courage to fight in the trenches

The skills to outmaneuver an enemy

The fortitude to not give into fear

The will to kill another human being
15 Robert Ross says that the rigidity of training reminds him of another place he spent part of his life. What place is he speaking of?
Physical education class

Boarding school

Juvenile prison

Detention hall
16 While running one day, Robert Ross encounters a coyote. Where does the coyote lead him?
To a secluded wooded grove

To its den at the base of a hill

To a valley with a small pond

To a mountain top overlooking a river
17 What did the coyote that Robert Ross encountered do before leaving him?
Bared its teeth at him

Ran and played with him

Barked three times

Let him pet it gently
18 After his encounter with the coyote, Robert Ross returns to his barracks late. What is his punishment?
Tidying the horse stalls

Mess hall duty for a month

Confinement to his quarters

Cleaning all the latrines
19 What was Robert Ross doing when he came across Eugene Taffler?
Searching for two lost horses

Surveying the land for water

Replacing targets on the rifle range

Using a mine detector to find mines
20 What was Eugene Taffler doing when Robert Ross first met him?
Throwing stones at empty glass bottles

Chopping wood with a large fire axe

Shooting tin cans with his revolver

Fishing for salmon along a riverbank
21 Who did Robert Ross feel could be the mentor he was looking for?
Levitt

Eugene Taffler

Harris

Mr Ross
22 What did Robert Ross request that his father send him when he wrote to him?
Gloves

A hat

Boots

A pistol
23 What type of business does Maria Dreyfus run?
A bar

A brothel

A casino

A restaurant
24 What are the three houses in Lousetown colloquially referred to as?
"Dry Goods", "Wet Goods", and "Spoiled Goods"

"The Church", "The Bar", and "The Playhouse"

"Upstairs", "Downstairs", and "Limbo"

"The Head", "The Body", and "The Nether Regions"
25 Whose horse and dog did Robert Ross recognize while on his visit to Lousetown?
Thomas Ross's

Poole's

Eugene Taffler's

Levitt's

In the book "The Wars" by Timothy Findley, though the novel's setting is largely the battlefield of World War One, the world war is p in the title. why do you believe that findley made this decision? what are the different wars that take place?

The novel concerns itself with a number of different "wars". First, there is the obvious literal war of World War I. However, domestic disputes also factor into the title. Both the Ross and d'Orsey families experience problems at home while the...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/31/2024 11:17 AM